Baltimore Jewish Lifehttp://baltimorejewishlife.comUpdates from Baltimore Jewish Lifeen-us40A Yom Tov Letter to the Baltimore Comunity From the NWCP<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278377418665.jpg">Dear Community Member,
Recently, there have been some burglaries (and attempted burglaries) in our area. When I asked the homeowners how the perpetrators got ihttp://bit.ly/1yxddiK
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Confirmed: Iran Nuclear Talks Extended by One Day<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278369863283.jpg">United States confirms that nuclear talks with Iran and will continue beyond the self-imposed Tuesday night deadline.
The United States has confirmed that nuclhttp://bit.ly/1EzhFVI
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US Willing to Work Past Iran Nuclear Deal Deadline<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278365812744.jpg">State Dept. says it will push into Wednesday to try and seal a deal, but will leave talks before June deadline if they go nowhere.
As the March 31 deadline fohttp://bit.ly/19zqam1
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Dow Off Triple Digits; S&P, Nasdaq Continue 9th Quarterly Win Streaks<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278334284002.jpg">U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday, giving back some of Monday's major gains, as investors eyed mixed economic data and the end of the first quarter.
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FBI: NSA Identify Gate Crashers Dressed as Women<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278324856161.jpg">Ricky Shawatza Hall has been identified as the man who was killed by police while driving toward the National Security Agency&rsquo;s restricted entrance Mondhttp://bit.ly/1afU5AM
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Watch: IDF Kimcha DPischa in Ramat Eshkol Ahead of Erev Pesach 2015 (Video)<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278321308593.jpg">IDF Kimcha DPischa in Ramat Eshkol Ahead of Erev Pesach 2015
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Pesach 5775 - Pieces of a Puzzle<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278318947189.jpg">Immediately prior to our recitation of the Hagaddah we take the middle matzah and split it in two. The smaller piece is returned and placed between the remaininhttp://bit.ly/1NFd59O
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Lufthansa: Co-Pilot Told Flight School Of Depressive Episode <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278307962427.JPG">BERLIN - Lufthansa knew six years ago that the co-pilot of the passenger plane that crashed in the French Alps last week had suffered from a "serious depressihttp://bit.ly/1bNUvi9
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House Panel Seeks Private Talk With Hillary Clinton About Email<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278305501315.JPG">WASHINGTON &mdash; The chairman of the House select committee investigating the Benghazi attacks asked Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday to appear for a privatehttp://bit.ly/1FeLyrR
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Human Right Watch Deferential Towards Saudi Airstrikes That Kill Civilians<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278302331483.jpg">Here is how&nbsp;Human Rights Watch reported on the beginning of Israel&rsquo;s airstrikes in Gaza last summer:
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Two Captors Killed, Prosecutor Wounded In Istanbul Hostage Drama<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278300119254.JPG">Istanbul&nbsp; - Two hostage-takers were killed and the prosecutor they were holding badly wounded Tuesday after security forces launched an operation to end http://bit.ly/1ywQGTj
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Israel's Knesset Welcomes New Members in Festive Swearing-In Ceremony<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278212249692.JPG">In speech to parliament, Netanyahu says emerging Iran nuclear deal will 'pave the way' to a nuclear-armed Tehran, after new Knesset members, includihttp://bit.ly/1I1slO3
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STAR-K/Kollel Los Angeles 2015 Passover Directory Is SOLD OUT In Most Retail Outlets <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278207423312.gif">It is STILL available as a digital app for Smartphone and Tablet Users: BOTH FREE AND PAID VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE
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Iran, World Powers to Continue Nuclear Talks in New Phase With June Deadline<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278205674039.jpg">Wrapping up six days of marathon nuclear talks with mixed results, Iran and six world powers prepared Tuesday to issue a general statement agreeing to continuhttp://bit.ly/19xVp0F
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Official: Iran Placing Warheads on Rockets, Smuggling Them to Hezbollah<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278204214219.jpg">Col. Aviram Hasson, of the Defense Ministry's missile defense administration says Hezbollah gets a lot of accurate weapons from Iran.
Iran is placing guhttp://bit.ly/1ywqpod
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Obama's Apocalyptic Betrayals<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278201885592.jpg">President Obama&rsquo;s far-reaching efforts to facilitate Iran&rsquo;s march to nukes amount to nothing less than apocalyptic betrayals of U.S. voters and alhttp://bit.ly/1ywpPXu
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Obama To Dial Back Israel Critique After Jewish Dems Push Back <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278194194602.jpg">Lawmakers in closed-door meeting say hard to support nuclear deal when it seems White House is stabbing Israel in the back, Politico reveals
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Kol Korei: Rabbonim Warn of Ribbis Issue with Hard Money Loans<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278181496587.jpg">TLS was asked B&rsquo;shem Rabbonim to publicize this Kol Korei: In the ever changing world of business, it has become increasingly common for business peoplehttp://bit.ly/1NE8BAl
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Former Firefighter Takes Hostages Inside Elkins Park Firehouse<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278176756050.jpg">An armed man is apparently holding people hostage inside of a firehouse in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Local media reports that the hostage situatiohttp://bit.ly/1I0V6ud
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The Paradox of Purging Plastic Products: Is Plastic Kasherable?<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278165928653.jpg">One of the remarkable debates of contemporary times concerns whether or not &ldquo;new age polymers&rdquo; such as plastic or Teflon[1] can be kashered. Not sihttp://bit.ly/1BIc1JP
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Clinton Also Used IPad For Email; Mixed Personal, Work Chats <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278157012087.jpg">Washington - Hillary Rodham Clinton emailed her staff on an iPad as well as a BlackBerry while secretary of state, despite her explanation she exclusively used http://bit.ly/1bN6Lzv
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Star-K's Newest Kashrus Kurrents-Spring 5775-2015 Issue<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278152855931.jpg">Baltimore, MD - March 31, 2015 - Star-K Kosher Certification is pleased to announce the arrival of the Spring 5575/2015 edition of&nbsp;Kashrus Kurrents.&nbsp; http://bit.ly/1aeVCqD
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Pesach 5775 : The Truth Behind Anti-Semitism (Video)<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278150516389.JPG">On Pesach, not only do we celebrate that G-D protects us from our enemies, we also celebrate the fact that our enemies want to harm us! How are we to understahttp://bit.ly/1OVdt5z
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Anne Frank May Have Died Earlier Than Previously Believed, New Research Shows <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278095281584.jpg">New research from the Anne Frank House shows that the teenage diarist may have died a month earlier than previously thought.
New research by the Anne Frank Houhttp://bit.ly/1NDqaAk
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Passengers File War Crimes Complaint Against Hamas For Attacking BG Airport<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278091583296.jpg">The complaints by 26 Americans on flights which were redirected or cancelled or were present at the airport on July 22 when most American and international aihttp://bit.ly/1IMxgjl
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Belgium: Petrol Bombs Found In Building Next To The Great Synagogue In Brussels <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278089591103.jpg">After students detected the smell of petrol, several petrol bombs were discovered on Monday night in the premises of the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels http://bit.ly/1CsG2AL
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Lufthansa Insurers Set Aside $300 Million Over Alps Crash<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278088635071.jpg">BERLIN &nbsp; &mdash; Lufthansa says its insurers are setting aside $300 million to deal with possible costs resulting from last week's crash of a Germanhttp://bit.ly/1bMKPo5
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Watch: Eye Opener On Pesach Shiurim - How Much Matza Do You Really Need To Eat At The Pesach Seder? (Video)<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278076735672.jpg">&nbsp;כמה מצה, יין ומרור צריך לאכול בליל הסדר?
כנראה, פחות ממה שחשבתם...
How much Matza do you realy need to http://bit.ly/1BHx7b6
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Turkish Special Forces Enter Courthouse As Prosecutor Held At Gunpoint (Photo)<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278067829366.JPG">
A far-left Turkish group took an Istanbul prosecutor hostage on Tuesday and threatened to kill him, prompting special forces officers to enter the courthohttp://bit.ly/1yvQ00o
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Watch: Possible Parah Adumah (Red Heifer) On Outskirts of Lakewood, New Jersey (Video)<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278065731015.jpg">A fully red cow, which appears to be usable as the biblical Red Heifer, has been attracting increasing attention on a small farm outside of Lakewood, New Jershttp://bit.ly/1NDcJAt
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Gadol HaDor Maran HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, Taken to Hospital <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278060109496.jpg">HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita was taken to Bnei Brak&rsquo;s Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital after complaining of not feeling well. Tefilos and Tehillim are http://bit.ly/1FdviaG
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Human Rights Groups Blast UNHRC for Issuing More Condemnations of Israel Than Any Other Country<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278056829728.png">Prominent Jewish human rights groups on Sunday sharply criticized the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for issuing more condemnations of Israel forhttp://bit.ly/1yvOQlJ
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Pesach 5775 - Gebrochts, Pesach Cakes and More...<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278054742903.jpg">In the past 25 years, Pesach cakes have almost become completely gebrochts-free. They have also become quite expensive. Indeed, one recent shopper at Brach&http://bit.ly/1ND8YLr
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Shomrim Reports: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278045218470.jpg">25 March thieves tried to steal a minivan on the 2800 block of Taney late at night, and caused it significant damage. The car's alarm apparently scared thehttp://bit.ly/1Ewoojb
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Pesach 5775 - Kol Chamira and Bitul Chometz <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033114278044505668.JPG">We say this Aramaic text just before Pesach every year. We recite it once in the evening and again in the morning. What is behind the wording of Bitul Chomethttp://bit.ly/1EwrsvL
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Stocks Gain More Than 250 Points On Encouraging Signs In Spending And Home Sales<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033014277690126804.JPG">New York -&nbsp; U.S. stock indexes are closing higher following encouraging news on consumer spending and home sales.
Energy stocks and banks had some of the http://bit.ly/1ILergs
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Abbas Slammed By Hamas And Islamic Jihad For Urging Arab Intervention In Gaza <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033014277688492065.JPG">Leaders from the Palestinian terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas for purportedly suggesting that http://bit.ly/1FbI09H
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ADL Audit Records 21-percent Increase In Anti-Semitic Incidents In U.S. <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033014277687314322.JPG">Anti-Semitic incidents rose by 21 percent in America&nbsp;from 2013 to 2014, the Anti-Defamation League&rsquo;s (ADL) annual audit of those incidents revealedhttp://bit.ly/1EtXM2e
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At Pesach, Ukraine's Jews Bank On JDC Relief Efforts Amid Prolonged Chaos<img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033014277686041462.JPG">As Ukraine continues to unravel, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) will try to help that country&rsquo;s Jews celebrate as normal of a Phttp://bit.ly/1EtXhVW
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Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert Found Guilty Of Bribery In Retrial <img align=left hspace=4 vspace=4 src="http://baltimorejewishlife.com/admin/articleImagesThumb/2015033014277683798456.JPG">Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was convicted for&nbsp;bribery in a retrial at the Jerusalem District Court after previously&nbsp;being acquitted. Ohttp://bit.ly/1EtWhRR
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